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I . old <-er, -est> [əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

3. old (former):

old

4. old (long known):

old friend
old friend

II . old [əʊld, Am oʊld] N (elderly people)

Old Bill N no pl Brit inf

old boy N

1. old boy Brit inf (old man):

old boy

2. old boy Aus, Brit (former pupil):

old boy

old-established [ˌəʊldɪˈstæblɪʃt] ADJ

old-fashioned [ˌəʊldˈfæʃnd] ADJ pej

2. old-fashioned (traditional):

old flame N inf

old girl N

1. old girl Brit inf (old woman):

old girl

2. old girl Aus, Brit (former pupil):

old girl

old lady N inf (one's wife, mother)

old maid N pej

old-maidish [ˌəʊldˈmeɪdɪʃ] ADJ pej

old man N inf (husband, father)

old-timer [ˈəʊldtaɪməɐ, Am ˈoʊldtaɪmɚ] N Am inf

old people's home N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The old and infirm who came to be healed, including children were trampled upon in the mass hysteria.
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The movie evidently swerves from old-hat, cut-and-dried storylines that many scary movies offer.
entertainment.inquirer.net
Nobles accused him of trying to change the old ways, and even managed to find fault with the building codes.
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I think old graphics were unbelievably more beautiful than what we have today.
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How the actions involved in enactivism relate to age-old questions about free will remains a topic of active debate.
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These witches have also been humorously referred to be spinsters who will end up there in order to escape from the old maid tax.
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Students were transferred from the old campus to this new building and admissions were open to fill up the space.
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The old prison bakery was converted into the women's prison to accommodate this new role.
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Stu encounters a vault filled with money and an old cricket bat.
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They run up against mysterious regulatory investigations, go-slow bureaucratic practices and old-fashioned investment barriers that hamper their businesses.
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